Publications in Review
Strand, E., McBride, R., Robillard, E., Bodnar, A., Wanamaker, S., & O'Donnell, T. (2025). Building an epigenetic clock: Utilizing whole genome DNA methylation patterns to predict age in haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus. bioRxiv, 2025-10. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.16.682892
Peer-Reviewed Publications
12. Polinski, J. M., Strand, E. L., O’Donnell, T. P., Silva, T. L., Wiley, D. N., & Harke, M. J. (2025). Environmental DNA documents ecosystem‐wide biodiversity within the marine protected area Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Environmental DNA, 7(3), e70138. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70138
11. Huffmyer, A. S., Wong, K. H., Becker, D. M., Strand, E., Mass, T., & Putnam, H. M. (2025). Shifts and critical periods in coral metabolism reveal energetic vulnerability during development. Current Biology, 35(12), 2858-2871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.013
10. Iannotti, L. L., Wamukota, A., Kamau-Mbuthia, E., Lesorogol, C., Blackmore, I., Sherburne, L., Sarange, C., Mbogholi, F., Obata, C., Cheupe, C., Cheupe, J., Strand, E., Vie, S., Nandan, P., Zimmerman, R., & Humphries, A. (2025). Protecting child nutrition and fishery ecosystems: A cluster controlled trial in coastal Kenya. Global Food Security, 44, 100826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100826
9. Huffmyer A.S., Ashey J., Strand E., Chiles E.N., Su X., & Putnam H.M. (2024) Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under increased temperature. PLoS Biol 22(11): e3002875. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002875
8. Venkataraman, Y., Huffmyer, A., White, S., Downey-Wall, A., Ashey, J., Becker, D., Bengtsson, Z., Putnam, H., Strand, E., Rodriguez-Casariego, J., Wanamaker, S., Lotterhos, K., & Roberts, S. (2024). DNA methylation correlates with transcriptional noise in response to elevated pCO2 in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Environmental Epigenetics, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024, dvae018, https://doi.org/10.1093/eep/dvae018
7. Chille, E. E., Stephens, T. G., Misri, D., Strand, E. L., Putnam, H. M., & Bhattacharya, D. (2024). Gene expression response under thermal stress in two Hawaiian corals is dominated by ploidy and genotype. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e70037. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70037
6. Strand, E. L., Wong, K. H., Farraj, A., Gray, S., McMenamin, A., & Putnam, H. M. (2024). Coral species-specific loss and physiological legacy effects are elicited by extended marine heatwave. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb-246812. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246812
5. Stephens, T. G., Strand, E. L., Putnam, H. M., & Bhattacharya, D. (2023). Ploidy variation and its implications for reproduction and population dynamics in two sympatric Hawaiian coral species. Genome biology and evolution, 15(8), evad149. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad149
4. Chille, E. E., Strand, E. L., Scucchia, F., Neder, M., Schmidt, V., Sherman, M. O., Mass, T., & Putnam, H. M. (2022). Energetics, but not development, is impacted in coral embryos exposed to ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(19), jeb243187. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243187
3. Chille, E., Strand, E., Neder, M., Schmidt, V., Sherman, M., Mass, T., & Putnam, H. (2021). Developmental series of gene expression clarifies maternal mRNA provisioning and maternal-to-zygotic transition in a reef-building coral. BMC genomics, 22(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5636821
2. Goodbody-Gringley, G., Strand, E., & Pitt, J. M. (2019). Molecular characterization of nearshore baitfish populations in Bermuda to inform management. PeerJ, 7, e7244. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7244
1. Gleason, L. U., Strand, E. L., Hizon, B. J., & Dowd, W. W. (2018). Plasticity of thermal tolerance and its relationship with growth rate in juvenile mussels (Mytilus californianus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877), 20172617. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2617